LARGE CUP
Creator(s): Imperial Porcelain Factory (Manufacturer)
On view in: Passageway to Icon Room
About this object
Wide, plum-colored band around the center is decorated with stylized Hellenistic leaf and floral motifs in blue, gold, red and green. Above and below is a narrow gold band. The pedestal foot is partly white and partly gold (alternating). The branch-like handle curves above the cup and centers a fleurette, the whole being gilded. Interior is partially gilded also.
- Object name:
- LARGE CUP
- Made from:
- Porcelain
- Made in:
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Date made:
- 1825-1855
- Size:
- 12.5 × 10.3 cm (4 15/16 × 4 1/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 25.296
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK bottom: cipher of Nicholas; Imperial crown
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973